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Ollie Slatt

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  1. Good group overall.  But I am surprised to not see Cannon, who is always reliable.   And I didn't think Bello did enough in the Gold Cup to warrant a call up for this.  

    Strange to only have 5 midfielders -- but maybe it means Aaronson will get some time in the midfield.  Hopefully Lletget and Roldan are only used as late game subs.   

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  2. 5 hours ago, Longhornfan1024 said:

    Yup.  LCFC is about to permanently replace them as a big 6 EPL club.  Shows the importance of ownership.

    Meh.  These things tend to even out over time.  All of the big clubs have had bad stretches.  You could have said the same thing about Liverpool during the 6-7 years before Klopp arrived.   I think its likely that Arsenal corrects at some point and reverts to the mean (likely finishing 3-5 in the table most years).   Similarly, I think LCFC reverts to being a consistent mid-table team at some point, and Spurs is already headed in that direction (and will get there quickly if Harry leaves).  

    And if I am wrong and Arsenal continues to stink for a few more years, then I think there simply is no longer a "big six."   Its a pretty recent categorization that only came into being because of the sudden rise of City.  Its not hard to imagine that we return to talking about a "Top Four" comprised of LFC, United, Chelsea and City.  

  3. 49 minutes ago, A-Tex Devil said:

    Unpopular Hoppe opinion inbound …

    He was really good in this tourney and just seemed like the most skilled attacking guy we had on the pitch by a mile.  
     

    But when/if he is playing with the ones, based on this tourney and the very limited Schalke stuff I’ve seen, he seems to be a bit of a ball stopper to use an NBA term.  It looked good, and was probably needed, in this tourney. But in Qatar, is he going to try to dribble through 3 guys when Pulisic and Gio are screaming for the ball making runs to the box?

    I doubt this is really an unpopular opinion.   Also, even if he were not a ball stopper, his touch and passing are not good enough to play with our 1s.  It would be a major overreaction to think Hoppe is ready to displace Sargent or any of our other leading attackers.  But, he obviously has some really positive qualities and worked well with the diminished lineup we fielded in the Gold Cup.  Hopefully he continues to improve and can contribute some in WCQ when there a lot of games in quick succession and we will need some depth.     

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  4. I have taken younger west coast colleagues to Suerte and Kemuri.  Both were big hits, but I knew ahead of time that these were foodie types. 

    I have some older colleagues that come into town once a year for a conference, and they always want to go to Fonda.     

  5. 2 hours ago, hookemATL said:

    Ive had some success targeting bass (largies/Guads) on the fly on Brushy Creek but not as much as I would like.  Still not consistently getting interest even when im sightcasting to them.  Any suggestions on flies/retrieval techniques/any other helpful tidbits?  I am absolutely smashing the bluegills/sunfish/etc., including some nice fat ones.  I will be hitting up the fly shop soon but was curious if anyone has specific things that make em take the fly more often than not.

    The LM on Brushy can be difficult.  A fly with a lot of movement and something that rides hook-up and can be twitched along the bottom should help.   The Guads are usually much easier for me.  Just use a small streamer and let it swing through some of the faster riffles (quartering downstream casts).   

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  6. Its a three-way tie for me.   The Dead for obvious reasons.  U2 at the absolute top of their game playing their best material (plus the Pogues).   And the one that nobody has mentioned -- Paul Simon touring his Graceland material with a giant band of African musicians.  That show would have been epic. 

    Petty, Clapton and Floyd are always great . . . but there are other points in history that those shows would have been significantly better.  

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  7. I think last night showed what the midfield looks like without Ring . . . and its not pretty.   

    We obviously need to add a true goal scorer with the third DP spot.  We maybe should also switch up the tactics/formation to allow Fagundez freedom to operate further upfield with less defensive responsibility.  He currently looks like the closest thing to a natural goal scorer on the team, but he is being asked to do a lot.      

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  8. 11 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

    So, I just had a bit of a windfall.  I'm not as serious as all you other cats (I'm the guy with the mint-condition 1st Gen Peavey) but fuck it, I'm buying a new acoustic.   I bought my first guitar at the "Folk Music Shop" in Claremont CA, so  I think I'm going back.  BTW, Ben Folds owns that shop...it's been in his family for years. 

    $2500 budget for an acoustic; what do you assholes recommend?

     

     

    Guessing you mean Ben Harper rather than Folds. 

    I would probably start with a Martin D-18 as your benchmark and then try a bunch of other stuff and see how it compares.  

  9. I don't understand how Greg could have watched the Switzerland game and then started Gio over Aaronson.  He is trying to play a high press, and the difference in work-rate between those two is pretty stark.  

    Also, I refuse to believe that Lletget and Yueill are good enough to start in the US midfield . . . even when Adams is hurt.   I would have much preferred McKennie/Musah/Acosta.   Though I guess Lletget's recent scoring record for the USMNT suggests I may be wrong on this one.   

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  10. 17 minutes ago, DalTxHornFan said:

    That seems logical.  Not as many ESL educational services are required on the west side, I'm thinking.

    One of the articles I read on this mentioned that one west side elementary had a PTA funded ESL teacher.  So wealthy parents were paying to help less fortunate students in a very direct way, and AISD is stopping it in the name of equality.  This is so colossally stupid.  

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  11. On 4/1/2021 at 7:51 AM, Al_4_ISU said:

    Rarely does Texas Exceptionalism get as eye rolling to non-Texans as BBQ discussion. 

    As a non-Texan living in Texas, I could not disagree more.  Texans think they live in one of the most physically beautiful places on earth.  They will not shut up about whataburger.  They think there is something special about Texans as people -- a notion that five minutes inside a Buckeys should disabuse any sane person of.  Of all the many examples of Texas exceptionalism, bbq may be the thing Texans are most right about.    

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  12. 8 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

    Explain to me why we played those guys in an exhibition friendly instead of using them for the olympic qualifying team? 

    Outside of Latin America, pretty much nobody cares about Olympic soccer.  So European clubs don’t release their players to the olympics.  It’s why a country like Mexico who doesn’t have a high percentage of players in the top leagues could win an olympics but has little shot at a World Cup. 

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  13. 10 minutes ago, Ted Lange said:

    Maybe Pulisic and Aaronson as wingers?

    That may be the only option left for that game.  Although I would be pretty interested in seeing Bryan Reynolds at right back, Dest on the RW and Aaronson in the midfield.   

  14. 21 hours ago, Brothahorn said:

    My biggest question on a serious note is why protect a racist? If you are that offended, hurt by what was said then why protect the person who said it? How is protecting a racist helping anyone? Why bring it up, and then decline to name names?

    You have distanced your family from that environment so what do you gain from not exposing the racist? Are you trying to hedge bets just in case you have to go back?

     

    I think there are multiple tactical reasons to not give a name.  First, it makes the allegation much harder to deny/refute (especially without outing whoever made the comment).  Second, it creates intrigue and a continuing dialogue in the press over who made the comment.  Third, it allows the listener to draw their own conclusion.  If they simply said "Charles asked how dark the baby was going to be."  Then some peoples' initial reaction is to wonder about the context in which the comment was made and/or wonder if they are overstating things.   The way they presented it, they made it seem as if the comment and context were so hurtful that they could not even give the name . . . which then led everyone to immediately think "I can see Charles saying a hurtful thing like that."  Harry then followed up with a confirmation that it was not his grandparents who made the comment, which totally reinforced the conclusion that most people had already drawn on their own that it was Charles.  

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  15. 1 hour ago, UDontKnow said:

    Debate away with the starting XI. All of these players are now official.

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    This is certainly our most talented 11.   But I would probably start Weah in place of Reyna just because I don't think Reyna will provide the necessary width.  He kept drifting inside during the Wales game and it seemed to screw up the shape.   I would also like to see us give Aaronson a shot in a three man midfield with Adams and McKennie.  

  16. Kudos to her for sticking it out that long and trying to change things from within.  That had to be incredibly frustrating.  

    CSB:  My mom is a huge Beth Moore fan, a lifelong republican, and a southern baptist (though she now attends one of those non-denominational churches that is essentially SB with better branding).   Mom voted for Trump in 2016 and Biden in 2020.  I have no doubt that Moore's disdain for Trump played a part in that.    

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  17. Question for those of you more knowledgeable about the recent fish kill than I am:   Is this going to impact the trout population more than reds and drum?  I would suspect so since many of the mature reds should be out in the gulf this time of year, but I don't really know.   

    Relatedly, I know there will be some areas more impacted than others depending on factors like proximity to deep water where the fish could escape the cold.  But are there also going to be some areas more heavily impacted than others because the mature fish in those areas are less likely to move to the gulf in winter?  I am specifically thinking of parts of the LM where there is not a cut/pass to the gulf for many miles.  

  18. 1 hour ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

    You don't like their new business model of collecting a bunch of money, taking politicians fishing, then signing off on whatever bullshit industry pushes and trying to sell it as a "win"? 

    You forgot running a tournament that encourages killing breeder trout . . . as a "conservation" organization.  

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  19. I was responding to UT Lax's earlier post about one of them being an 8 alongside McKennie.  I just don't see it because of their defense.  Reyna may develop his game where he could fill that role, but for now he should probably be a 10 (maybe even a false 9).  Pulisic should play on the wing.  

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  20. Do Reyna or Pulisic play enough defense to play as an 8 for us against decent teams.  I suspect our core midfield going forward will be Adams, McKennie and either Musah or Aaronson.   

     

  21. It is becoming Crosby's schtick to drum up attention by insulting other musicians on twitter.   I am pretty sure nobody under the age of 50 cares what Crosby has to say.  But he has figured out that he can get attention by insulting EVH, Bridgers or whoever else is in the news.  

    Its also pretty funny that he is saying "I prefer people who can actually write songs" about a woman who writes (or at least co-writes) all of her songs.  And while Crosby wrote a few great songs, it is certainly not what he is famous for.      

  22. The Line Hotel at Cesar Chavez and Congress has a Veracruz tacos on the Congress side.  Its a takeout window . . . so it essentially operates like a truck.  

    Many of the good bbq places are trucks (including Leroy & Lewis, Kerlin, Mickelwait, and Browns).  

    Also, plenty of sit down restaurants in Austin offer outdoor seating options.  

  23. If GB had to name a WC squad tomorrow, then I don't think it would be a surprise if Long, Zimmerman, Morris, Arriola, an MLS based keeper, and Jozy (if healthy) were included.  The good news is that only one of the CBs would crack a current starting 11.  And by the next WC, I expect there to be even fewer MLS players in the fold and none on a starting 11.  

    I was glad to see all of the guys move to the Championship on loan yesterday.  I hope Dike makes it somewhere in Europe and never returns to the MLS.  He clearly has the physical tools to be great if his game can keep progressing.   

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